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...like she is now except maybe a little bit quieter,” said Carol L. Boulukos (née Snyder) ’60, Alfaro’s classmate who also currently lives in Cambridge. “She can seem shy but she’s not really at all, just quiet, always sizing things...
...with a visit to the replica of Harry Elkins’s home reading room between the first and second floors. As I would cross the threshold of the marble antechamber, I breathed deeply that distinct change in smell, the sweetness evocative of aged pages, and felt the cooler, quieter atmosphere envelope me. In that life’s heart of the library, there the Gutenberg would light up before me, there Harry’s portrait hung above the fireplace, there his books remained lovingly preserved, there stood the vase of fresh flowers continually renewed...
...holding court on the mound, the juniors continued to light it up at the plate. After freshman Kyle Larrow advanced to first base after being hit by a pitch and to second on a wild pitch, O’Neill sent the rookie home with a left-field single. Quieter was the impact the junior made by stealing second base two batters later. The stolen base allowed the outfielder to score when O’Hara hit a ground-rule double. The shortstop, who was 3-for-4 with two RBI and two runs, scored off an Albright single...
...lopsided world of children's films. There's a huge market for the sort of loud and cheerful entertainment that features singing chipmunks, love-struck vampires or wisecracking species from the Pleistocene era; family films regularly top the annual box-office blockbuster lists. But there's almost nowhere for quieter, less merchandise-ready, sub-$150-million-grossing movies to go. (See 10 lessons from the 2009 box office...
...University Hall—the administrative hub of the College and the location of the John Harvard Statue—could be heard throughout the Yard. Students were so loud that Dean of the College Evelynn M. Hammonds said she left her office yesterday morning to go find a quieter location to work...